Mexican authorities arrested five more people in connection to the kidnappings of four Americans in Matamoros, Mexico, Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica said on Twitter on Friday.

U.S. Border Patrol monitor on the bank of the Rio Grande near the Gateway International Bridge, between the cities of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on March 16, 2021, in ...

But conflict has flared in Tamaulipas over the past 15 years as the incumbent Gulf Cartel – founded in Matamoros – fragmented, starting with its notoriously violent armed wing, Los Zetas.

Matamoros, Mexico, is a stronghold for various criminal organizations, particularly the Gulf Cartel. U.S. and Mexican officials say four U.S. citizens were abducted at gunpoint in the city on Friday.

MEXICO CITY — Two of the four Americans who were kidnapped in northern Mexico last week were found dead Tuesday, officials said, in a case that has sharpened the U.S. focus on insecurity across ...

They crossed from Brownsville, Texas, into the city of Matamoros in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. This map shows that communities sit right next to one another on the US-Mexican border: ...

Even for Mexico’s long history of corruption, Tamaulipas stands out. In 2021, Matamoros’ Mayor Mario López Hernández allegedly paid a monthly salary of over $500 to a senior CDG figure, Evaristo Cruz ...